RE: RAT yer thoughts?

[Sharon MacMenamin <saoirse9@yahoo.com>]

I'm willing to carpool in my New Beetle on the Westside; will be
housing (& chauffering) Chris Macdonald from Annex Theatre; I could fit
another one or two RATs...

Sharon MacMenamin
Sacred Fools

--- "Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com> wrote:
> Ya know... if you don't have a car in L.A. yer kinda
> screwed. What r we
> gonna do about that?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Matt Bretz [SMTP:mabretz@cbomedia.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, June 24, 1999 5:22 PM
> > To:	R.A.T. z
> > Subject:	RAT yer thoughts?
> > 
> > some info and ideas:
> > 
> > suzanne maynard would like to teach a workshop in
> what she calls "shape
> > scenes."  she appliees geometric shapes to scenes.
>  the writer is forced
> > to write a "square scene" or a "tringular scene"
> and the differing power
> > dynamics which occur organically shape character
> and dialogue.  she used
> > the technique extensively in Beatrice, which we
> are world premiereing in
> > LA the weekend after the conference..  
> > 
> > 
> > gary smoot can't be here but thinks the design
> challenge is a great
> > idea.  perhaps we pick a moment in a play which
> calls for high cheese.
> > we offer the challenge to everyone in attendance. 
> post it even through
> > the weekend.  you may only use found objects in
> creating the effect
> > (i.e. you have no budget)  sunday night at the
> chilicook off we showcase
> > the results.
> > 
> > michael kaliski, tabboo theatre will host the
> chili cookoff from his
> > beautiful hillside home.  shall we say 5 PM on
> sunday and catch the
> > sunset?
> > 
> > do we wanna do some sorta scavenger hunt that
> takes folks through a
> > variety of RATty LA theatres?  
> > 
> > shall we have an evening of bizarre bar
> jokes/circus tricks/auditory
> > impressions -- everyone must come up with one
> theatrical thing that they
> > "do" and we string them together into a show.
> > 
> > i am more and more interested in the matthew
> bourne, robert wilson, ruth
> > margraff mixed genre performance.  i wanna make a
> contemporary operetta
> > about white supremacist encampments and the wackie
> hippies who keep em
> > honest (with all non singers of course)  how could
> we shape a workshop
> > around the art/dance/opera/theatre fusion thang?  
> > 
> > chris jeffries, would you be into that?
> > 
> > matthew
> 

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